HMS Milan (1805)
Battle between Ville de Milan and HMS Cleopatra, depicted in a contemporary print | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Hermione |
| Builder | Lorient (Constructeur:Antoine Geoffroy) |
| Laid down | January 1803 |
| Launched | 15 November 1803 |
| Completed | By February 1804 |
| Renamed | Ville de Milan (26 December 1803) |
| Captured | 23 February 1805, by the Royal Navy |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Milan |
| Acquired | 23 February 1805 |
| Nickname(s) | Wheel 'em Along |
| Fate | Broken up in December 1815 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 38-gun fifth rate frigate |
| Displacement | 1,350 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen | 1,085 91⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 39 ft 10.5 in (12.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 10 in (3.91 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 300 (later 315) |
| Armament |
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HMS Milan was a 38-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had previously been Ville de Milan, a 40-gun frigate of the French Navy, but served for only a year before being chased down and engaged by the smaller 32-gun frigate HMS Cleopatra. Ville de Milan defeated and captured her opponent, but suffered so much damage that she was forced to surrender without a fight several days later when both ships encountered HMS Leander, a British fourth rate. Milan went on to serve with the Royal Navy for another ten years, before being broken up in 1815, after the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars.